ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Deadstick

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Deadstick is a verb meaning (aviation) To land an aircraft without power.

Meaning

(aviation) To land an aircraft without power.

More Meanings

  1. (aviation) Describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines.
  2. (fishing) To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include landing, autoland, taxi, soft-land, prop, hover.

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